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Cancer survivor Julianna Bourassa finds out that her family and local wish donors grant her Christmas wish Dec. 19 by arranging to have her choose a prom dress at Pink Slip in Mokena. Photos by Megan Schuller/22nd Century Media

Staff of Pink Slip and family members of Julianna Bourassa line the hallway Dec. 19 creating a runway for Bourassa to walk down as she tried out prom dresses.

Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School senior Julianna Bourassa shows off a long gown as she struts down the mock-up runway and twirls in front of the mirror to see how she feels in the dress.

After trying on a rack full of dresses chosen by Pink Slip employees Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School senior Julianna Bourassa struts in the one she wants to wear to prom on May 10. Photo Submitted

Fairy Godmothers are not the only ones who can grant wishes. Mokena’s Pink Slip Boutique, in partnership with local wish granters from Make-A-Wish, granted a wish Dec. 19 for a Bourbonnais teenager who recently went into remission from an aggressive form of Stage III B Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.